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12-14-07, 12:52 PM
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Clemens denies steroid use
Story Highlights # Bush says he hopes report helps put "steroid era" in past # Pitcher's lawyer: "There has never been one shred of tangible evidence" # Report author Mitchell says he has witnesses, paper trail # Mitchell: Most players named in report chose not to meet with him A lawyer for Roger Clemens strongly denies the seven-time Cy Young Award winner used steroids to pump up his body and his pitching statistics. More here: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/12/14...ef=mpstoryview 
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12-14-07, 02:09 PM
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Denying the benefit of recovery-enhancing, joint-protecting drugs to people whose jobs subject them to tremendous physical wear and tear and extreme physical demands, especially as they grow older, is as inhumane as denying them any other form of medical support.
Rotator cuff surgery and cruciate ligament repair are two forms of medical support for athletes that were not historically available to baseball players. Injuries that would have been career-ending in the past are no longer. Baseball statistics are most definitely affected as a consequence of this new medical technology. No one would even consider denying these surgeries to baseball players, probably because they can't be misused or easily demonized in the public mind. It is a lot harder to tell scary lies on the news about ACL surgery than it is about steroids. As to the "cheating" argument, it isn't cheating if it is used legitimately as medical support and recovery enhancement for everyone who could benefit by it. Is the surgical repair of a torn muscle or ligament "cheating"? If not, why not? Is there really a substantial ethical difference between surgically assisted recovery and chemically assisted recovery?
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